This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Its ranks were filled with gentlemen, who felt the stirrings of martial impulse" describes which group of men in the procession referred to in the title of Chapter 22?(a) The public officials. (b) The clergy. (c) The musicians. (d) The soliders.

3. What does Hester mean when she says "Thou shalt not go alone" at the end of Chapter 17?(a) That Dimmesdale should not leave. (b) That Chillingworth will follow Dimmesdale. (c) That she will run away with Dimmesdale. (d) That she will send Pearl with Dimmesdale.

4. What, according to many of the townspeople who have come to appreciate Hester, should the A stand for?(a) Aloof. (b) Angel. (c) Able. (d) Addled.

5. What does Hester tell Dimmesdale about Chillingworth in Chapter 17?(a) That he is on an undercover mission for the governor. (b) That he is her husband. (c) That he is really a Catholic. (d) That he is not really a doctor.

6. When Pearl will not cross the brook, what does Hester tell her she can leap like?(a) Bull frog. (b) Young deer. (c) Little girls. (d) Giant grasshopper.